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Commercial Act — Article 182 (Registration of Transfer of Principal Office and Branch Offices)

상법 제182조

This English translation is based on the Korean text effective 2018-12-19. The Korean law has since been amended (current version effective 2026-09-10) — check the Korean original.

(1) If a company transfers its principal office, the new place and the transfer date shall be registered within two weeks at the previous place and matters listed in Article 180 (excluding the places of other branch offices) shall be registered within two weeks at a new place. <Amended by Act No. 5053, Dec. 29, 1995>

(2) If a company transfers its branch office, the new place and the transfer date shall be registered within two weeks at the location of the principal office and at the previous place of such branch office and matters listed in the main body of subparagraph 1 of Article 180 (excluding the places of other branch offices) and in subparagraphs 3 through 5 of the same Article shall be registered within two weeks at the new place: Provided, That in cases where a member who is to represent the company has been designated, other members shall not be registered. <Amended by Act No. 5053, Dec. 29, 1995; Act No. 10600, Apr. 14, 2011>

(3) Deleted. <by Act No. 5053, Dec. 29, 1995>

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